UK counselling body apologises over dropped article about Jewish trauma

BACP reverses decision not to publish report on response of Jews in Manchester to 7 October Hamas attack in Israel

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The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) has apologised for dropping an article about Jewish trauma resulting from Hamas’s assault on Israel on 7 October from its magazine over “a concern around sensitivities”.

The article was written by Dr Sandi Mann, a regular columnist for the association’s journal, Counselling At Work, for the past 10 years. She said the BACP’s apology was an “important victory against a trend for de-platforming the Jewish experience”.